From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 08:48:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 08:48:24 -0500 Received: from shell.cyberus.ca ([209.195.95.7]:21418 "EHLO shell.cyberus.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 08:48:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 08:47:22 -0500 (EST) From: jamal To: Pavel Machek cc: , Subject: Re: Is sendfile all that sexy? In-Reply-To: <20010116001633.A3343@bug.ucw.cz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Pavel Machek wrote: > > TWO observations: > > - Given Linux's non-pre-emptability of the kernel i get the feeling that > > sendfile could starve other user space programs. Imagine trying to send a > > 1Gig file on 10Mbps pipe in one shot. > > Hehe, try sigkilling process doing that transfer. Last time I tried it > it did not work. >>From Alexey's response: it does get descheduled possibly every sndbuf send. So you should be able to sneak that sigkill. cheers, jamal - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/